The package also provides the necessary firmware files for several different drivers, originally from http://dl.ivtvdriver.org/ivtv/firmware/
And the package also includes the MAKEDEV-DVB.sh script, to create the necessary device nodes for DVB devices.

Basic instructions are contained in the README file, which will automatically launch after the dotpet has installed.

EDIT: IVTV drivers for the Hauppauge "PVR" TV tuner cards, compatible with Puppy 2.17 are attached later in this thread.Edited_times_total

Hi:
modprobe ivtv cardtype 1 doesn't work,
but load other modules first does work, however, there are still some error message, and I don't know what they mean, as shown on the last 5 lines above.
Thanks.
Shenen

Just checking that you ran the "MAKEDEV-IVTV.sh" script. If not, your system will not have the necessary device nodes.

Otherwise, the initialisation looks good up to a certain point. But a Google search doesn't reveal an obvious solution. I suggest you submit your START INIT - END INIT information to the ivtv-users mailinglist -
http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-usersEdited_time_total

Hi:
Thank you for the tips, I went to the mailing list and found out a clue, it's due to not enough memory. The test machine has only 128M RAM, I move it to another one which has 512MB RAM, then the error message goes away.

Would you mind tell me what is next step, I believe it's application layer. I try to get this video capture(from VCR) feature work in Linux.

My IVTV package includes the "v4l2-ctl" utility. First you need to obtain information about your PVR250's inputs, using then "-I" parameter (that's uppercase i, not lowercase L) -

Code:

v4l2-ctl -I

I imagine the results should be something like "composite" and/or "S-video".
Then you need to set the input using the "-i" parameter:

Code:

v4l2-ctl -i composite

And you may also need to set the video standard: pal, ntsc, or secam with the "-s" parameter. Example -

Code:

v4l2-ctl -s pal

It should be possible (?) to see the video signal coming into your PVR250 with MPlayer. Get MPlayer here -
http://dotpups.de/dotpups/Multimedia/Mplayer-1.0rc1/
Then run this command -

Code:

mplayer /dev/video0

Now to record the video signal -

Code:

cat /dev/video0 > test.mpg

This will produce an MPEG2 file that you can play with MPlayer ...
or you can use this MPEG2 file to author a DVD, using plinej's "pupdvdtool-0.8"
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=11212Edited_time_total

I was having a major problem with a PVR150, but switched boxes and now I have it 90% working. My problem: I have no sound on my playback or files!

This seems a common complaint yet I have not seen a good FAQ to answer it. Any ideas anyone?

I am running pupply linux 2.14 and a Aver PVR150. I am using cardtype=16 and have no errors shown in dmesg. I am not sure if cardtype=16 is optimum, there seems to be no specific card type for the avermedia PVR150

I wonder if I need to load or initialize the sound drivers in the PVR150 or something like that. Surely there must be a setting for input volume etc.

I do have sound when using the TV tuner, just not for composite or S-video input. I have checked the sound inputs settings and they seem correct and they switch automtically when the input is switched.

I have used a video captrure card in the past without mpeg encoding so I am not completely new to all this.

Good idea, but I have tried that. I am spending a lot of compulsive time on this, still, so sorry for not telling you what I have done.

I have tried
setting inputs to all valid and invalid vlaues as you described
tried changing volume
tried muting and unmuting
changing to PAL etc
tried many options within ivtv-ctrl/v4l2-ctl etc
tried different card types in options, and different orders for modprobe

but I have never compiled on Puppy, and do not have that module installed, so I have been avoiding that.

I do have sound in tuner mode, so it could be worse, I just lose stereo and a bit of quality runing video through a modulator and then the tuner.

I think I read somewhere that v4l-dvb supports the wm8739 and that someone got the card to work video in (only), using ivtv-dvb (makes sense as the stream is very similar to dvb) any ideas how to do that though? I tried using dvb//:2@ch number, that does not work ( I have a DVB-S card intalled hence 2@)

I think maybe the problem is that the cardtype=16 is very close to the card that I do have but does not quite behave exactly the same , and this could be the result. Goes to show trying ALL values of inoputs and outputs might get it towork. When I used cardtype=1 for example, Svideo and composite were swapped, so a wrong card might work with the wrong input values. I will try once more maybe.

Is there a simple way to change registers via I2C from the console? Although I would need to know what to change in the wm8739.

How simple is it to install the develoment/compile module and compile stuff like this?